Hi everyone!

Congratulations to all of you who have successfully completed your PS journey. I am an avid reader of all of your threads, and the information and pics you have so generously shared have helped to take a lot of the fear and uncertainty out of this whole process for me -- thanks so much to all of you!!!!

I will be starting my PS journey soon, (hopefully in early June) and will post more details in this section once I have them all worked out, but I had a quick question for you in the meantime -- did your Dr. require you to be unfilled prior to surgery?

Since I still have some more weight to lose and because (as we all know) it is often tough and time consuming to get just the right fill, I would prefer not to be unfilled, and I was just wondering what most of you ended up doing.

Thanks again -- you ladies are awesome!!!

I had an unfill at the request of my Lapband Dr. I have had several fills and cant seem to get my restriction back. I had the unfill in Dec 07, as of today have gained 50 lbs. I am feeling very low. I did have a panniculectemy on Jan 9, 2008. Surgery went well but not so much getting the fill back to where I was.

I had an unfill at the request of my Lapband Dr. I have had several fills and cant seem to get my restriction back. I had the unfill in Dec 07, as of today have gained 50 lbs. I am feeling very low. I did have a panniculectemy on Jan 9, 2008. Surgery went well but not so much getting the fill back to where I was.

Hi Cindy,

Thanks for the feedback. It's funny you mention this because just today, I talked to my plastic surgeon about this as he has a good friend who is a bariatric surgeon. The bariatric surgeon says no, if you can avoid it.

His feeling is like ours, that it might be hard to get the right restriction back. That sort of clinched it for me. I'm going to go on liquids for two days before my surgery (have lots of high-quality Protein drinks etc.), and try to get through this without being unfilled.

I will also tell anyone who looks at me in the hospital that I have a Lap Band so everyone knows, just in case I have any problems.

Sorry to hear that your struggling right now with this issue. Are you having your fills done under fluoro?

I had an unfill at the request of my Lapband Dr. I have had several fills and cant seem to get my restriction back. I had the unfill in Dec 07, as of today have gained 50 lbs. I am feeling very low. I did have a panniculectemy on Jan 9, 2008. Surgery went well but not so much getting the fill back to where I was.

Frangi beat me to the question...Has you band been checked to make sure that something didn't happen to it during surgery?

I did not have a un fill and I may have a slipped band.I had to have it unfilled after the tummy tuck so it would slip back in place.

I'm glad I got an unfill before surgery, first time I ever felt nausa with surgery - I didnt' throw up but was glad I didnt have to worry about my band. I had scheduled a refill for a week post-op but was too afraid to let them touch my sore tummy - the last 2 nights I've gone back to my pre-band eating... looking for anything and everything to shove in my mouth. I'm calling my band dr tomorrow and hope to get in on Friday for a fill!

BTW - I went in at 158, they took 6 lbs off, I came out at 153 and now I'm weighing in at 151 - the lowest I've ever been and I want to keep it that way!

Steph I'm amazed at how many pounds of fat and skin they remove during surgery. You lost 6, Kat lost 12. I'm so glad you told me about this!

I did not have a un fill and I may have a slipped band.I had to have it unfilled after the tummy tuck so it would slip back in place.

Hi Lady Splenda, thanks for the feedback. Is everything okay now?